Can’t say. The Rufus binary provided by Tails worked for me.
You know, you could have just asked me… ChatGPT and other LLM-based chatbots are notoriously unreliable on providing factual information.
Ehh, no? It boils down to these steps:
- Install the Linux Live OS to a USB drive (flash it to USB drive with Rufus or some other tools)
- Boot this USB drive from BIOS or advanced boot menu from Windows (How to enter advanced boot menu) if you’re using Windows 10/11.
- After the Linux Live OS completely boots, installs Tails to another USB drive as instructed by this Tails install guide for Linux.
- You now have a Tails installation. You can reformat the Linux Live USB drive, or continue experiencing Linux with it at any time, just remember that all data you saved on Linux Live OS would be lost on shutdown (unless you saved them to another hard disk).
Note that all data on these two USB drives will be COMPLETELY LOST so backup if needed.